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You can add Kelvin to your store without changing what your customers see. A new theme arrives unpublished: you can edit and preview it while your current theme stays live.

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Upload the theme file

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Open your themes

In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes.
The Themes page in the Shopify admin

Online Store → Themes: 1 Import, under Draft themes · 2 your current theme

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Upload the ZIP file

Under Draft themes, click Import → Upload zip file, choose the Kelvin-0.1.0.zip file you received, and click Upload file. Do not unzip it first.
The Upload zip file option

1 Import · 2 Upload zip file

3

Wait for it to finish

Kelvin appears in your theme library with an Unpublished label when the upload is done. It usually takes under a minute.
4

Preview and customize

Click Customize (or Edit theme) to open the theme editor, or ⋯ → Preview to see it as a customer would. Nothing changes on your live store until you publish.
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Publish when you are ready

Click ⋯ → Publish in the theme library. Your previous theme stays in the library, so you can switch back at any time.
Before publishing, preview on your phone as well as your computer, switch between light and dark mode with the monitor in the utility bar, add a product to the cart, and try the compare boxes on a collection page.

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Set up in this order

  1. Set up your products: options and swatches, spec metafields, tags.
  2. Create your pages and templates, including the PC Builder and compare pages, then choose them in Theme settings → PC Builder and Theme settings → Compare.
  3. Build your menus: the main menu drives the departments mega menu.
  4. Add filters with Search & Discovery.
  5. Pick your colors and default mode in Colors, then fill in the home page sections from the Hero down.
  6. Set up the PC Builder if you sell PC parts, and Care+ plans if you offer protection.
  7. Turn on any promotions you want, such as the Deal countdown or the Promo popup.

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Want the demo store look?

A fresh install starts with placeholders, so your own products show from the start. To start from the full demo instead, follow Import the demo content.